Some people think of banjo music as music for white people. In a new episode of "Billy Ball Explains NC," Senior Editor Billy Ball breaks down the formative role Black folks played in developing this very North Carolina style of music.
Senior Editor Billy Ball takes a look at a new Republican proposal letting Duke Energy off the hook for its carbon emission goals. It was filed by a former Duke executive who was literally still getting paid by the energy company.
Hundreds of anti-Trump demonstrations were scheduled in April across the U.S., including this one. Speakers focused on public education cuts, healthcare, and the preservation of democracy.
For more than 150 years, children born on US soil have been considered US citizens. But next month, the US Supreme Court will hear a case that could change that—and leave some American-born babies without a country.
North Carolina researchers say they've unraveled a long-running mystery into a mysterious tyrannosaur skeleton that they say is a new kind of dinosaur.
The western NC town of Hendersonville, one of many communities still recovering after Helene rolled through in 2024, shattered their fundraising record this weekend for the "Bearfootin" Auction.
Members of the North Carolina State University community are still seeking justice over cancer-causing toxins which caused the closure of one of its buildings.